Combination ice cuber and beverage cooler



July 6, 1937. c. F. BELSHAW 2,086,253

COMBINATION ICE CUBER AND BEVERAGE COOLER Filed Nov. '7, 1954 INVENTORChar/e5 FBe/a/zaw,

ATTORNEY5 Patented July 6, 1937 UNITED STATES COMBINATION ICE CUBER ANDBEVERAGE PATE 4 Claims.

The object of my invention is to produce a device by means of whichcubes of water ice may be conveniently formed in blocksof ice common lyfound in iced refrigerators, in condition to be readily harvestedtherefrom. A further object of my invention is to provide in connectionwith the cube-defining means a separable canteen or container adapted toreceive a liquid having a normal temperature exceeding that of the icewhereby there may be a transfer of heat from the contents of thecontainer to the cube-defining elements of the structure, therebyhastening the cube defining operation and at the same time cooling thecontents of the container.

The structure is of such character that the user, after preparing acocktail mixture may place the same within the container, associate thecontainer with the cube-forming structure, place the same upon a blockof ice, and in due course have a supply of defined cubes which may beharvested from the ice block and at the same time a desirably chilledbeverage without dilution in a container of convenient form fortransportation or use away from the refrigerator.

The accompanying drawing illustrates my invention.

Fig. 1 is an under plan View of the cube-forming element of mycombination, some portions eing exaggerated in thickness;

Fig. 2 a transverse section of the structure shown in Fig. 1, associatedwith the canteen element;

Fig. 3 a perspective view of the canteen element, and

Fig. 4 a plan of a blank from which one of the cube-defining elements ofthe structure may be readily formed.

In the drawing l0 indicates the main body sheet of my cube-formingelement, said sheet at opposite edges and. perhaps one end, having itsedges turned upwardly and inwardly to form lips H, H overlying the mainbody of the sheet. Secured to the under face of sheet Ill are severalcoordinated series of cube-defining elements each of which is formed ofa plate I2 having the form of a Maltese cross, the ears l3 thereof beingfoldable on the fold lines I 4 to position at right angles to the planeof the central portion of the plate with adjacent edges of adjacent earssubstantially in contact. One or more of the ears l3,'closely adjacentthe fold line is perforated as shown at IS. A perforated dimple I6 isformed at the center of the main body of plate l2, and plate I0 isprovided with a plurality of similar mating perforated dimples l1whereby placement of the elements I2I3 upon plate i0 may be facilitated,rivets l8 passing through the perforations of the dimples and holdingthe parts together in relative arrangement, as shown. Plates l2 lackingtwo or three of the ears l3 may be placed toentirely complete cubedefinition of the entire series, if desired.

The parts In and i2 are preferably formed of a metal having a high heatconductivity and after the parts have been assembled as de- NT OFFICE Vscribed, they may be further united by a metal bond, not shown,conveniently formed by dipping in a molten metalbath. The mating dimples"5-! I serve as assembly jigs and assist, with rivets I8, in the desiredmechanical metal to metal bonding of the parts l0 and i2 bothpreliminary to the further metal bonding due to the molten bathtreatment and thereafter to prevent rupture of the bonding.

The canteen C may be formed in any desired manner and is provided uponopposite sides and one end if desired, with lips 20 proportioned to bereceived beneath the lips ll of the cuber in such manner as to permitintimate contact between the smooth heat-conducting surface 2! of thecanteen and the smooth heat-conducting surface 22 of plate It or thebonding superposed thereon. The canteen C'is provided with a suitableneck 23 closed by a removable closure 24.

Due to the separability of the canteen from the cube-forming structurethe canteen is conveniently available as a cocktail shaker, or as awater bottle, which may be easily handled and transported, and the cuberis available for use as a cube-defining element in the absence of thecanteen, where speed of cube definition is not essential.

The cuber, being placed upon the surface of a block of water ice, willgradually sink into the block and thus define a multiplicity of icespuds which may be readily harvested from the block by an ordinary icepick.

I claim as my invention:

1. An ice cube definer comprising a body plate provided on one face witha plurality of thin metal fins normal to the face of the plate andrelatively arranged to form adjacent cells, an independent liquidcontainer having one face separably attachable to the aforesaid mainbody, the said liquid container and main body being so formed thatlooked.

they may be relatively inter- 2. An ice cube definer comprising a mainbody sheet, and a plurality of unitary cube-defining cells eachcomprising a series of connected platelike sections arranged in a closedseries each in angular relation to its immediately adjacent fellows andeach of said cell units attached to one face of the body sheet with atleast two of its corner edges closely adjacent a corner edge of anotherunit.

3. An ice cube definer comprising a main body sheet, and a plurality ofunitary cube-defining cells each comprising a central sheet section anda plurality of integral sheet sections bent into planes normal to thecentral section in angular relation to immediately adjacent sections toform a closed series, the several central sections being attached to oneface of the body sheet with at least two corner edges of its closedseries adjacent corner edges of another unit.

4. An ice cube definer comprising a main body plate provided with edgelips spaced from and overlying one surface of the plate, and a pluralityof heat-conductor fins attached to and depending from the other face ofthe body plate and relatively arranged to form cube-defining cells.

CHARLES F. BELSI-IAW.

